A SUPERMARKET worker has had his legs, back and chest waxed for charity.

Grocery team leader Phil Blake put on a brave face while stock control assistant Ashley Watson tore strips off him.

Collecting buckets were put out to gather donations from customers at Tesco in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, for the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer Scotland.

The 24-year-old, from Witton Gilbert, said: "I just want to help all of the people with dementia. My nan had it before she died so it is a charity close to my own heart.

"It does not feel too bad after a while, but when it is first ripped off it hurts a but.

"I do like having hairy legs, but I am sure it will grow back.

Mr Blake has already raised £230 in sponsorship and money collected in the buckets will be added to the total.

Miss Watson, 20, from Catchgate, said: "I feel genuinely awful when I am pulling the strips off but I know Phil’s pain is going to benefit people in the end so hopefully it is worth it."

The Tesco Charity of the Year partnership will fund new research, dementia support professionals to help those living with the condition and a Dementia Community Roadshow that will travel around the UK raising awareness of dementia and encouraging people worries about their memory to visit their GPs.

To support the Mr Blake log on to www.justgiving/tescoannfieldplain